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Assam, Arunachal, Nagaland, Mizoram announce lockdowns

Closed Petrol pump during Janata Curfew on Monday. Pix by UB Photos
Closed Petrol pump during Janata Curfew on Monday. Pix by UB Photos

Guwahati: The State governments of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Mizoram have declared Statewide lockdowns till the midnight of March 31.

Till date Manipur has reported a single case of COVID-19 on Tuesday morning.

According to a Manipur Directorate of Health Services pres release issued on March 24, 2020, one young women returned from the United Kingdom found positive. "One 23 year old Manipuri person returning from UK (England) has tested positive today morning. She belongs to Thangmeiband Lourung Purel Leikai, Imphal West district. She is under care and treatment at JNIMS Isolation Ward."

The department appeals people to help tracking others who might be in contact with the patient since her arrival in Imphal on March 21.

 

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